This isn't a souls-like game at all.

Sure enough, for people who are familiar with someone, changes in facial features can be very deceiving.

At noon, Ye Yiyi turned back into Guts and rode Virgil out of Garden Village.

We walked along the Dark River Forest, passed through the Fedri Outpost, crossed the Broken Mountains, and stopped along the way. It took a full five days to finally get out of the mountains and reach the Tongxiao Plain.

"Knowing the plains..."

Ye Yiyi rode on the horse, moving along the dirt road while looking at the light screen map.

"The Vast Swamp is located northwest of the Tongxiao Plains. If I want to go there, I need to pass through two cities in the Firefly Kingdom: Lupe Castle and Ampollet.

"Fort Lupe is the closest city to the Severed Mountains. It's built right next to the main branch of the Anr River. If I remember correctly, there's a rainforest nearby with an ancient ruin and a wandering unintelligent creature.

"And Ambolite is a border city built on a mountain. There is an ownerless magician's tower on the top of the mountain, and across the mountain is a vast swamp.

"To the north of the swamp is the Deep Lowlands, which is also my current destination.

"Due to the terrain and environment, the swamps and depressions are uninhabitable, and therefore form the border between the Kingdom of Firefly and the Kingdom of Campbell.

“The prince named Sibery is from the Kingdom of Campbell.

"As for the Laman Plateau where the Blazing Sky Falcon is located, it's on the other side of the Campbell Kingdom, quite far away."

Ye Yiyi thought about it and then planned the route forward.

"First go to Fort Lupe, then explore the ancient ruins in the rainforest. While you're there, destroy the unintelligent creatures and get the Summoning Bell.

"Then we'll go to Amberlet, climb to the top of the mountain to explore the Masterless Mage's Tower, then go down to the Vast Swamp to visit the Dragon Cult.

“There’s a poisonous dragon and an ancient ruin there, which is worth exploring.

"Then, we can go to the Deep Depression."

Ye Yiyi put away the light curtain and started running while controlling Virgil.

"Then let the journey begin."

Chapter 171: Trash Pickup Trip and Lupe Castle

Follow the tributary of the Aner River and head northwest.

Ye Yiyi rode on horseback during the day, collecting resources along the way, and camped and fished by the river at night.

Of course he himself didn't need to rest, but Virgil and the dung beetle couldn't.

Even though they were cultivated with the aborted green sprouts and the blood of the gods, they were still the same as normal creatures, except for resting, eating, drinking, defecating and urinating.

Therefore, Virgil's horse manure became Ye Yiyi's main source of manure during this period.

By collecting various resources along the way, he was able to gather the raw materials for two recipes.

They are [Steamed Silver Swordfish] and [Yellow and Red Flower Shrimp]

The former has the effect of increasing physical attack power, which is quite practical.

The required materials are a silver swordfish, three emerald green bay leaves, a sword-shaped grass, and some spices.

The latter has the effect of increasing the physical damage reduction rate and health limit. The only missing material is the emerald green fragrant leaves, which overlaps with the former.

The silver swordfish, as its name suggests, is a freshwater fish, named after its long and sharp snout like a silver sword.

Ye Yiyi didn't know what it was at first and thought it was some kind of small fish that looked like a sword.

As a result, when using the magic rod to fish, he was almost pierced by a seven-meter-long silver swordfish with a snout of 1.5 meters.

"This is too outrageous!"

After taking out his coiled ram horn hammer and knocking the seven-meter-long fish unconscious, he rolled his eyes at the huge silver-white body of the silver swordfish.

"So swordfish is really the kind of swordfish I understand... This one is so big, how long will it take to eat it?"

【Silver Swordfish Meat】

Item Description: The meat of swordfish that lives in large rivers. It can be obtained by hunting silver swordfish.

One of the materials used to craft props, and can also be used as an ingredient in recipes.

By adding cooking, you can create special dishes that increase physical attack power.

The swordfish fights in the river, not afraid of the turbulent current.

It has been a symbol of fearlessness since ancient times.

In addition to fish meat, the long, sword-like snout of the silver swordfish is also a material.

【Silver Swordfish Jaw】

Item Description: A strong and sharp swordfish spine.

One of the materials used to craft items, and can also be used to forge weapons.

It is said that the warriors of the subhuman tribes along the river and the coast,

It is a symbol of honor to own a weapon made of swordfish spines.

"Awesome, this thing can actually be used to make weapons."

Ye Yiyi peeled the fish meat, took out the sharp corner and swung it like a sword, which scared Virgil who was eating grass nearby.

"It would be nice if I could put this thing on the horn of a dung beetle."

After playing with the sword, he seriously made suggestions to the dung beetle, and received a happy response from the latter.

So one day later, a silver cast iron handle appeared on the dung beetle's spade-shaped horn, with a dagger made of the jaw of a silver swordfish embedded at each end of the iron handle.

These two daggers are extremely sharp and can penetrate even ordinary leather armor and chain mail at once, thus greatly increasing the dung beetle's combat effectiveness.

It shuttles through the night, using its sharp dagger to hunt the giant 40-centimeter mosquitoes that only appear at night, protecting Virgil's safety.

In fact, this mosquito does not suck blood, but feeds on the sap of tree trunks and stems, and is not interested in Virgil at all...

But seeing that the dung beetle was so excited, Ye Yiyi had no choice but to pretend that he didn't see it.

As for why Ye Yiyi knew this, it was because the item description of the mosquito's spike-shaped mouthparts said so.

Giant mosquito mouthparts

Item Description: Long and sharp giant mosquito mouthparts, can be obtained by hunting black-bellied giant mosquitoes.

One of the materials used to make props.

The giant mosquito's slender mouthparts are hollow and strong, which can easily penetrate tree trunks and suck sap.

It is said that this is a natural straw, used to suck drinks.

You can also taste the fragrance of the sap.

"What the hell, using this thing as a straw..."

After Ye Yiyi finished reading the introduction of the items, he felt his eyes go dark.

"What kind of giant mosquito in human form!?"

But it turned out that the description of the item was very serious and there were no mistakes.

Ye Yiyi washed it clean and successfully overcame the psychological discomfort and tried several times.

After that, he couldn't drink water without this natural straw.

So the giant mosquitoes along the way suffered.

Ye Yiyi is best at one thing, and that is picking up trash.

what?

Is this thing a prop material?

Bring it to you!

what?

This thing is...

In the above cycle, Ye Yiyi often deviated from the original route while picking up things, and ended up in some unknown place.

It was only a four-day journey to Fort Lupe, but it took him half a month to get there.

He didn't just pick up trash during the extra time.

Because he also passed through several villages and returned to his old job as a mercenary.

The civilians of the Fire Sparrow Flower Kingdom often come into contact with free mercenaries and can recognize them just by looking at their appearance and dress.

In order to make money, free mercenaries naturally do not require the identity of their customers.

As long as you can offer reasonable compensation, no matter who you are or what kind of work you do, you can do it.

For example, Ye Yiyi took on some jobs in the village.

Among the troublesome things are driving away wild animals, catching thieves, and collecting certain medicinal herbs that are only available in dangerous areas.

Why is it troublesome? It is naturally because of the comparison.

Because the most common and easiest job he received was to help people deliver letters or carry some items.

Due to route issues, Ye Yiyi only delivered letters that were on his way.

Otherwise, if he ran back and forth, he would waste even more time.

Thus, he also experienced firsthand the daily life of ordinary civilians in the Middle Ages.

For example, letters were different from the way he imagined using parchment.

The paper used by the lower classes was made by themselves from cotton or linen fibers.

This type of paper is very weak after drying, and is difficult to write on due to its rough surface.

A slightly better paper is the rice paper-like paper made from bark fibers and used by monks in the Firefinch Church in the village for their daily records.

According to the monk, the method of making this paper came from the Empire.

Its characteristic is its large output. As long as there is one paper mill, it can meet the paper needs of most villages in the Kingdom of Firebird Flower.

The only problem is that this kind of paper is not cheap. Speaking of this, the monk frowned and cursed a certain nobleman of the kingdom.

Call him a shitty imperial man who is completely obsessed with money!

In response to this, Ye Yiyi had no choice but to respond with a polite yet awkward smile.

As the only literate person in the village, every letter sent out of the village was dictated by the villagers and then transcribed on paper by the monk.

The parchment that Ye Yiyi imagined was generally only used for collecting tax records, copying religious texts, or by wealthy nobles.

It is also worth mentioning that the Fire Sparrow Monastery has churches and stationed Fire Crown Knights in almost all villages.

On the one hand, it replaces the role of the lord. Monks who master the power of hymns are much more powerful than feudal landlords.

On the other hand, it means that the village is a direct territory of the Fire Sparrow Kingdom, and the taxes it collects will be directly paid into the national treasury.

And so many villages scattered across the Tongxiao Plains, and manors or large cities ruled by lords, constitute the basic structure of the Firebird Kingdom.

To this end, Ye Yiyi specially used a light curtain to capture many local customs and practices of the Firefly Flower Kingdom, and used videos to record the pastoral life of farmers and serfs.

Although this era is not beautiful, people are always working hard to live.

He planned to compile these into a book and give it to the saint as a gift.

But first, he had to learn the bordering characters.

"How about when we get to the Empire, I should sign up for a class with the dung beetle," he thought to himself.

The dung beetle said that it was no problem and was willing to be his classmate.

Virgil, who had been eating dead green shoots for three meals a day on the road, also implicitly expressed his desire to study.

This guy is getting smarter and smarter, and he's starting to grow his brain.

"Of course you can. Keep studying! I'm still waiting for you to become a horse girl!"

Ye Yiyi gently stroked Virgil's temples, scaring him so much that he shrank back.

I almost forgot, Virgil is a stallion, his penis is very long, he is a good candidate to be a stud!

Finally, on the morning of the 16th day of their journey along the Aner River, Lupeburg's figure finally appeared in Ye Yiyi's sight.

"This An'er River is really long, flowing all the way from Huayuan Village to here. Could it be a tributary of some big river?"